Workers at Starbucks stores began a five-day strike Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. The strikes by baristas and …

Portlanad, Ore. (AP) — Fentanyl fueled a record number of homeless deaths last year in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, according to an annual …

California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing …

Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966 and also is celebrated …

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"GIFT GURUS": Suggest more top-down organization to help things run more smoothly, and other relief from another stressor during an already busy time of year. …